Offensive Player of the Week
Ella Zoerhoff, Toledo, Forward
Sophomore, Grand Rapids, Mich. (East Kentwood)
 
Zoerhoff scored the game-winning goal in the final seconds off a free kick in Thursday’s 1-0 win at Detroit Mercy, while generating several scoring chances and leading the team with nine shots. 
 
Additionally, she scored a first-half hat trick in Toledo’s 6-2 win over Mercyhurst on Sunday, accounting for the Rockets’ first three goals, including two penalty kicks. The performance marked Toledo’s first hat trick since 2019 and its first first-half hat trick since 2011. Both goals scored during the run of play came from outside the penalty box. 
 
Overall, Zoerhoff finished the week with a .500 shots-on-goal percentage while playing 160 total minutes.
 
Defensive Player of the Week
Taylor Green, Bowling Green, Defender
Senior, Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield North)
 
Taylor Green anchored a BGSU defense that allowed just six shots on goal -- and zero goals -- in 180 minutes last week. She helped the Falcons keep clean sheets in a pair of road games, a 1-0 win over Oakland and a 0-0 draw with Cincinnati. At the other end of the field, the senior captain scored the lone goal in the victory over the Grizzlies. Green has scored two of BG's three goals this season to date, and has helped the BG defense post three shutouts in as many matches.
 
Goalkeeper of the Week
Payton O’Malley, Bowling Green, Goalkeeper
Junior, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Chartiers Valley)
 
Payton O'Malley did not allow a goal in 135 minutes of action last week. She kept a clean sheet in the Falcons' 1-0 win at Oakland, then played the second half of BGSU's scoreless draw at Cincinnati. O'Malley lowered her school-record career GAA to 0.83 in the two matches.
 
2026 MAC Women's Soccer Players of the Week
Week 1: Meaghan Cochrane, Ohio (Offensive); Eva Blatz, Buffalo (Defensive); Lexie Thompson, Buffalo (Goalkeeper)
Week 2: Ella Zoerhoof, Toledo (Offensive); Taylor Green, Bowling Green (Defensive); Payton O’Malley, Bowling Green (Goalkeeper)